ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session
	Senate: FED DPA 7-0-0-0 | 3^rd Read 29-0-1-0 House: FMAE DP 7-0-0-0

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SB 1218: townsites; trustees; board of supervisors.

Sponsor: Senator Angius, LD 30

Caucus & COW

Overview

Alters who can be a designated trustee of an unincorporated townsite and changes filing and approval requirements related to actions by the trustee.

History

The governing body of an incorporated municipality or the judge of a superior court are the designated trustee of an unincorporated town until certain conditions are met. When discharging their duty of trustee, they must execute a bond of $2,000 to be filed and approved by the Board of Supervisors. After three months of entry, the trustee must have the land surveyed and platted. The plat must be submitted to the Board of Supervisors and recorded by the County Recorder. When specified conditions are met and the municipality is the county seat, the trustee upon petition with consent and advice from the Board of Supervisors can set apart and deed to the county a site for a courthouse and other county buildings. Undisposed land in the town under the title of the trustee can be sold at public auction (A.R.S. §§ 9-1101, 9-1102, 9-1103, 9-112).

Provisions

1. Replaces the judge of a superior court with the Board of Supervisors on the list of who can be a designated trustee for an unincorporated town located in that county. (Sec. 1)

2. Replaces the Board of Supervisors with the County Recorder in which the townsite is located as the entity a trustee must file their bond with to discharge their duties as trustee. (Sec. 2)

3. Removes the requirement that a plat must be submitted to the Board of Supervisors in which the townsite is located. (Sec. 3)

4. Repeals the requirement for the Board of Supervisors to advise and consent to the trustee setting apart and deeding land to the county for a courthouse or other county buildings if the city or town is the county seat. (Sec. 7)

5. Removes the requirement that individuals appraising land that a trustee desires to sell be paid $5 per day for their work. (Sec. 9, 11)

6. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1-12)

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